Broom-cover.



G. PLUNKETT. BROOM COVER.

APPLIOATION FILED OCT. 14, 1908.

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CHARLES PLUNKETT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BROOM-COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 6, 1909.

Application filed October 14, 1908. Serial No. 457,722.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAnLns PLUNKETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom-Covers; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to broom covers and has for an object to providea substantial and inexpensive cover for the protection of brooms intransit and otherwise.

A further object of the invention is to provide a broom cover with meanswhereby a number of brooms may be placed together for convenience inshipping with covers a plied which will enable the brooms to e sewed orotherwise secured together without molesting or interfering in any waywith the covers thereon.

With these and other objects in view, the invention comprises certainnovel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a plurality ofordinary brooms secured together with my improved cover applied. Fig. 2is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of myimproved cover; and Fig. 4 is a modified view also in perspective.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

As will be seen from the drawings the broom covers 3 and 6 are bothtapered in construction and open at each end in order that the broom maybe inserted within the cover from the larger end of the same. The coveris also made small enough to bind the body of the broom sufficiently toretain the cover in the desired position.

In its preferred embodiment as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the inventionconsists in the cover 3 with transverse registering openings as 4. At 5is shown means whereby the brooms 2-22 may be secured together throughthe registering openings 4 of the covers 3 after the same have beenapplied. 6 represents a cover with modified registering openings 7 inthe face of the cover and other registering openings 8 in the side ofthe cover. While I have shown this cover applied to an ordinary broom Idesire to have the invention protected for whisk brooms, paint brushes,and other brooms and brushes. The cover 6 will allow the brooms to besecured together either fiatwise or edgewise through the medium ofregistering openings 7 and registering openings 8 after the covers havebeen applied to the brooms. When a shipment of brooms has reached itsdestination the cords 5 can. be out and the brooms separated with thecovers remaining intact and protecting the brooms until sold to theconsumer and can be used by the consumer as a protection to the broomsthroughout the life of the same.

It is understood that I may use a cover such as is shown in Fig. 4 withthe registering openings 8 alone without the employment of theadditional registering openings 7.

What I claim is The combination with a plurality of brooms, each beingprovided with a cover which approximately incloses the same, said covershaving transverse rows of openings near their upper surfaces, saidbrooms being arranged together with their covers thereon and adapted tocontact with each other, and secured together by a cord inserted throughsaid openings of the covers and through the brooms to permit oftransportation of the brooms in a bulk, and said cords adapted to be outso as to separate the brooms one from the other, and said coversremaining intact on the brooms when said brooms are separated from eachother, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES PLUNKETT.

Witnesses MARY PERRY, HUeo M 00K.

